Did people remove the hood? My 30-06 is apparently original, but is missing the hood.
Yeah, most take them off before a hunt in fear of losing them in the brush. Some get lost in the brush... I'll pull them now, as I lost one off of my 338 Alaskan one year when hunting in the thick stuff for elk... That's a $40.00 education..
I used to keep spare front hoods around, but guys here would pm me and ask if I had any extras and ended up selling them
. Like my gunsmith friend always told me, it's a $40.00 bill